How to SAFELY Power your Mining Rig (GPUs, Risers, etc)

[@stevegrube5969]

I'm just getting started with my first rig. After watching this video I really get how to power my rig safely. You're an excellent teacher. Thanks Seb.

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Hey Steve thanks for that nice comment I’m glad it’s been helpful :)

[@amitseth9177]

@@SebsFinTechChannel Please help me out. I want to use two 3060ti FOUNDER EDITION card with one 8(6+2) PCIE cable using PCIE splitters. Means my one PCIE cable have dual 8(6+2) Pin, I want to connect one PCIE splitter into one 8(6+2) Pin and one PCIE splitter into one 8(6+2) Pin. Now I want to connect two 3060ti FE card and two riser simultaneously with one PCIE cable using two splitters. Please suggest me is it safe means I can connect this ? I am waiting for your reply thanks in advance. Love 💘 from INDIA

[@kriptofrand]

I have been watching the mining videos for several months now, but so far I have not heard such a coherent explanation. Thanks!

[@garygucciardo3820]

I've been studying maximum power capacity of all of the components involved in wiring up my GPU's and nobody ever explained that the female connector "asks" for the power and the male connector supplies it (through the cable). Now that I've watched your video, the way you've explained it makes it CRYSTAL clear! Thank you Seb for all of your hard work and detailed explanations!

[@mathias2418]

I rarely ever comment on a video but this my friend is by far the best explanation on power to the rig I have seen. Everywhere else the explanations are confusing and hard to follow. That said, here's a like and a sub!

[@kanmagoshi]

Hey seb - this was actually the most accurately compiled information I have found

[@Nephri190]

It would good to explain how you got 300 W rating for the cable in the beginning. With research I think I was able to deduce that you have a 16AWG cable which means each cord is rated for 13 amps (10 amps for 80% rule). Using red fox crypto's info about how much voltage is drawn through the PSU for each pin (which is 2 pins and 12 V from PSU) we get 13x2x12 = 312 W (240 W for 80% rule). Just incase anyone was wondering how he knew the VGA cable can draw up to 300 W (240 W for 80% rule). Thanks for the video!

[@giovanig89]

is that per whole cable or 300 each 8 pin

[@lamkuomin8232]

What an underrated video, definitely deserves more view! Thanks for the guide

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Thanks mate glad you liked it :)

[@petemiller519]

This video is extremely important. Well done Seb!

[@TicoCrypto]

Love this tutorial I'll be making one in Spanish for my community. Kudos from Costa Rica 🇨🇷

[@jeffwalters7903]

Just started very basic mining and trying to understand this whole world. This video is one of the best I've seen on how power is drawn and used by the components. Thank you Seb.

[@AyoWassupG]

Watched the whole video, very informative. I now feel confident enough to put together a 12 * Rx 570 rig safely

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Glad to hear :)

[@georgebush6942]

Thanks for this video! Everything inside, for what I was interested before I start with my very first rig. You have the answers for all I wanted to know. :)

[@ekatown7336]

Dude finding your channel has been the best thing in my life atm - you are a legend amongst men thank you and keep it up!

[@Xelois]

Very helpful Thank you

[@iAdam368]

That's a really nice thumbnail, great vid btw

[@guduzegoat8648]

This explains cables way better than any other video. Thank you

[@Zeltroix]

Dang you just answered all my questions I been struggling with for hours, thanks!

[@Riothebeast.]

I been binge watching your whole content as i am getting into mining and building my first rig soon, thanks for the amazing tips and ways of explaining things. I have learnt a lot!

[@Paps1995]

regards from Argentina, i learned a lot in only a few days, thx so much dude!

[@nashushography3636]

Thanks Sebs, I just had a delivery of 4 x 1660 supers plus 8PIN to 8PIN M2M and 8PIN F TO 2X 8PIN M and you provided the exact information I needed to ensure safe wiring. Looking forward to running 6 x 1660 supers + 1x Rx480 8GB later today and the increased hashrate with low tdp (averaging 31.9 @67w). Installed on a BTC37 S37. Thinking of making a video my self and crediting you for safety tips. Hope that's OK?

[@Ahmso]

Just want to say, that all your videos have been super helpful. I even built the rig you designed. thank you again for all the helpful videos and even your video on start to finish was super helpful!

[@cr8t1v3marketing]

I forwarded this for my Quora Space. So important, thank you, thank you!

[@AnilkumarSingh-wc6js]

U sloved my all problems after watching multiple video now I understood...love from india ❤️ brother

[@tapsworld1325]

This video helped soooooo much more than everyone else's, thanks for the step by step examples that was extremely helpful, got my 185hashes on the network safely now!

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

So glad it helped!! 👍

[@Minihornet]

I'm building my first rig and living in university dorms so I really needed this

[@Dan-zw6mo]

Very good to know. I've always been very careful with power over spec but very good to know what to consider.

[@jch3680]

Intend to use a 1000W PSU for 4x RTX 3060. The PSU got 6x PCIe (6+2) out. So i take one pcie strand for each 3060. And then use two splitters on the last two pcie strands to power the risers.

[@DJSelphi]

Love this. Safety is everything!

[@bestyoutube5318]

Thanks alot sebs.. brilliant.. watched this a few times. Its good to come back and re-watch.. spot on matey .. thnx !

[@maxit1082]

very very very helpful, you literally answered all of the questions that I have in my head, thank you again, Seb.

[@pipethestillpaul]

So, let's say I have used a power supply to power my motherboard and ssd and so on. Am I able to use the same power supply to go on and power some of my GPUs? Noting to stay under the 80% rule? Eg: 1 PSU powering my MB+peripherals And then powering x2 or more GPUs and risers (staying under 80% total load. Then using a second power supply to power more GPUs and risers.

[@sebchaps]

Thanks Seb ! Great video, very clear. No way, anybody can light a fire with his rig after listening to your advice

[@Movie_Games]

My motherboard is riserless with PCI-E 6pin inputs. I can't figure out how to power it without buying a second PSU.

[@jackpanther1889]

Really amazing video for a beginner like me, i've searched everywhere including reddit for all the questions i had in my mind, and you've easily answered all of them in this video. Thank you so much. Liked and Subscribed.

[@SunilThapavlog]

Maybe this is the final video that I want to watch about power management. Thank you so much👌

[@Flightcoach]

Great video man! I just got back into mining, after a 8 year absence. Building a rig, thanks to your help!

[@AshrafulMobinBabu]

Exactly what I needed! Thanks a lot, man!

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Glad it helped! :)

[@marknewvine1073]

Thanks for all of the great Information.

[@CrankingAllDay]

A quality cable from a brand name PSU would do much more than 300w. But the limiting factor is the 8 pin. Hence molex is safe for 2 riser if its a 6 pin in psu side or 3 risers on 8 pin at psu (288w limit) also you can use close

[@brscengiz]

Greetings from Turkey, I love watching your videos. Oh, good thing there's a translation.

[@3ug3n3]

Thanks for this video, very useful and informative, well done!

[@coolmonkey619]

Wow enjoyed this video loads. Your the man

[@damorafik]

I was about to do a mistake thank you for the advise, I am worry about powering the rig from the same circuit ...can you give more details about you main power manager

[@grace14emily27]

Thanks!! This is a better explanation than Red Fox!

[@DeepakSharma-hj5gz]

Brother… I just got into mining and your videos has been amazing and tremendously helpful… subbed! Also.. nice music man.. what else can you do??? 😀😀

[@grigorgeorgiev4015]

Amazing information man, thanks a lot!

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Thanks! Glad you liked it! :)

[@petrobull2560]

Great video, I learned something new!👍

[@dussio22]

Pretty good video! very informative. Thanks!

[@danieltrader8029]

Once again, amazing Bro! Thanks very much

[@bonibonij]

Very informative! I Subscribed :)

[@Skyler0351]

Another great video, thanks!

[@KrampusLoading]

Excellent information about mining.....keep going bro....

[@pelkfu]

amazing video! helped so much!!

[@chriscui329]

youre great at explaining concepts thanks

[@nimesh3414]

Absolutely great work in this video. Love your introduction part in each video, Hi Sam Haslo : - ) here.

[@vincentgallo3351]

Seb you did not explain for cards with 2 a pins and a riser with a 6 pin how many leads you use ? Can 1 l6 pin lead from a server PSU run a riser 6 pin + two 8 pins on a GPU for those 3 connections in total?

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Hi. I'm not overly familiar with server PSUs but all the same principles apply to GPUs no matter how many pcie ports it has. If a cards TDP is 320W, it can ask for up to 320W divided among the PCIe connectors on the card and the riser. Look up the TDP of your card and then make sure each individual cable can handle the max power the cards can ask for on that cable.

[@MrMaux3]

Great explanation, love the videos!

[@davidbicikleto5927]

Great video! I had watched other videos on this topip and I still had some doubts. But this one has absolutelly clarifays the thing. Thank you so so so much! :)

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

So glad it helped :) Good luck!

[@mitsoskouk1049]

What an amazing explanation!!!! SUPER!!!

[@romaljaiswal8]

very good video, can u also make a video on how to calculate max power we can draw out of a wall plug ? i simply add an extension to a wall plug and draw all power from it , apparently this is the wrong thing to do as wall plugs also have a limit , this can also be a fire hazard

[@kizuzuxie2049]

thanks man, this is so helpful

[@amitseth9177]

I also learned lot of things... Love 💘from india

[@DeepRacerGamer]

Explained very easy. Thanks.

[@JBuckenmeyer]

Wow, great explanation.

[@miloslavstudeny950]

Hi Sebs. Me and my son love your videos. Can I ask how many watts PSU you would use/need for 6 RTX 3080 LHR....we also want to use them for dual mining....dont know if that makes a difference. Thanks kindly for your answer/help. M

[@3ug3n3]

Very good tip for new miners

[@oooooooi]

Such a great vid!!!

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Thanks! Glad you liked it! :)

[@chovandrey4720]

9:10 you can still power your gpu safely from the SATA, only if the gpu TDP is below 50 watts. Like my GT 1030 TDP is 30 watts

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

While that is technically true, I don't think anyone watching this video is going to build a mining rig with GT 1030s. :)

[@ketanmishra1128]

Hey,in our area voltage gets too low sometimes,can it hurt the mining rig or GPU?

[@FiremansGaming]

How do you do the wiring on a 8 + 6 single GPU then ?? You explained the wiring for a single 8 pin GPU

[@oriel360]

thanks for the vid man much appriciated

[@jolafriite4219]

Very interesting video and answered some questions I had with no answers until now 👍. 1) How to power the extra connectors of the MOBO? With the same cable for all connectors or each connector with its dedicated cable from the PSU? 2) Imagine a GPU with 2 connectors running @ 120W (RTX 3070). Does it mean we can plug in it a 8Pin+risers instead of connecting 2*8Pin + risers? Does it will work?

[@jolafriite4219]

I am also wondering if we can power the 6 Pin of the riser with a cable coming from the peripheral & SATA PSU connector or only from the 6+2 Pcie?

[@chiranth.r6918]

1st view ... amazing video ...keep it up!!

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@brylius]

Hi. Thanks, lets call, tutorial, because was searching some information about powering up rig. Now I have Corsair 1200W platinum. Its working on 2x3070 and one 1060. But now I have 2x3070, 1060, 3060Ti and 3070Ti...so having trouble to decide how to power it up all card, should I buy one more PSU. 1200W it will be not capable to power them all? Thanks

[@BikoGames]

keep up bro I like your videos

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Thanks mate!

[@b0g8]

Thank you for the great info!

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Cheers Barry

[@ernazahari8918]

so , the wattage showed in mining program is wattage GPU + Riser + PCIE socket?

[@lennysaptho9541]

I have a 3060, 1660 Super, and a 2070 Super Undervolted running on a 750W PSU pulling about 390-395 Watts at the wall. I may just get a 1000 W PSU to be on the safe side. 1660 Super is on a riser. Everything has been running fine for the past 24 hours. Thoughts?

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Let’s see. So let’s say your rig freaks out and all your undervolts reset and your GPUs go back to pulling 100% TDP, that’s 170W for your 3060, 120W for your 1660 Super and 215W for your 2070 Super. Add another 150W or so for the rest of your system and that comes to 655W which is more than 80% of 750W. So yeah I’d definitely say getting a more powerful power supply is a good idea from a safety standpoint :) Good luck!

[@RicardoC8]

Seb you’re a great teacher. let me ask you something: is it worth to start mining eth today? with 4 RX 6600 and electricity cost of 0.16. Also considering that you can buy eth cheap today or even 10K RVN with less than $500 usd. I know it’s up to me and I’d like to experience mining but also want it to be profitable

[@ritaweygint4038]

Very helpful! Thanks!

[@wizsc]

Excellent video.

[@MultiTaymaz]

The 8 pin to dual 8 pin from the psu can handle 300w? Why does some people say it only power 150?

[@kevins5057]

Can I use one psu port to power my graphics card and another one to power my riser, or does it all need to be split from the same cable off the psu?

[@billpipi1]

Awesome video. Quick question - the tdp of rtx 3080 is 320w and 3080 has two female 8 pin pcie connectors which can take 150w*2=300w less than the tdp. This means a no-go based on your video. What's the strategy to power 3080 and a riser? Thanks ahead.

[@jacobargy]

Super helpful video! Do you have a link on the chip you use to connect 2 PSUs? Any suggestions on what to use to combine 3 PSUs? I'd love a video on this if you have one. Thanks!

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Absolutely, it's these, you can actually use more than one to connect 3 or more PSUs per rig: amzn.to/2TdIIVG (as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you). Good luck :)

[@jacobargy]

@@SebsFinTechChannel Thanks!

[@guduzegoat8648]

Where can i buy one of those cables with the two 6(+2) pins on one end. (I think that is what its called but its the one at 3:42)

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Amazon, eBay, AliExpress. Just search “PCIe splitter cable”. You want the kind that is 1x 8-pin to 2x 6+2-pin

[@guduzegoat8648]

@@SebsFinTechChannel perfect thanks!

[@vaio9003]

Hello Sebs, Let say we have 6 EVGA 3060 TI and ask for (200-240) Watt each. Is 1300 Watt PSU enough for all voltage spending from 6GPU, Mainboard, SATA drive, CPU for safety reasons?

[@nattyriddim9123]

Hey! Thank You for explanation. However, one thing is still not clear. Original cable You have is already split, and could be used for GPU and riser, but it is too short. Is it possible to use that one cable to power 2 gpu's, and another original cable to power 2 risers? Thank You.

[@mertnarcn4280]

Great information

[@iwanhutapea8843]

Thankyou ... its very helpfull .. 👍👍👍

[@landry92m]

Can I power my riser's to peripheral using 6pin cable? Then power my gpu's to pcie using 8 pin cable?

[@jonathanorana6266]

Hi Seb. Great video.. Thank you!. I was looking for your affiliate link for 24 pin splitter, 8 pin splitter, and the PSU Adapter. Do you have any? oh and your link to the risers is not working anymore.

[@caputocracy]

Can you use 2 PSU with different wattages for the same rig?

[@itocksuharto]

Really really thankyou dude

[@tehan_fernando]

*Hi, I don't know how to thank you. But I did Subscribe to the channel and liked the video.*

[@kas2388]

Can you use the 4 pin moles connectors on the GPU risers while also having power feeding the GPU with the additional power ports on the top?

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Watch the whole video ;)

[@glebpalchin6809]

But what about feeding two different GPUs female pins by one split cable (8pin from PSU to two 8pin cables (divided by a splitter), one 8 pin to a gpu and other to the second gpu), taking in account that the total amount of power will not exceed the lets say 240W limit. Will they somehow interfere? Is there anything like different frequencies of power consumption between the two GPUs, or some rule like "never plug one cable(that comes from PSU and then divided by a splitter) to multiple different devices, even if the total amount of power will not exceed the cables limits?

[@glebpalchin6809]

In other words, am I allowed to do this? 1. From PSU one 8pin cable 2. Divide it with a splitter 3. Power one 1660 Super with one cable from the splitter 4. Power a second 1600 Super with one cable from the splitter

[@Geneticaesthetic000]

What about plugging both psu into the motherboard with an adaptor ?

[@MrKevinontheRun]

Super Infos ! Thanks a lot, best description if heard yet. Good content, keep going !

[@אלכסנדראייזיקרובצוב]

Hi , I dos not understand .. I have 2060 super GPU with 175W TDP , can I conect 1 end of pcie cable to the GPU and second one to the riser ?